Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-12-09
THE CITIZEN.
MISCELLANEOUS.
COMMUNICATIONS,
Our Trip to the West.

Having returned from an extended
visit through several of the western
states and thinking that little re-
view of our travels would be of inter-
est to your readers I send you this let
ter.
We started from home Sept. 81 and
reached Noblesville, Ind. the 23rd.
There was not much of interest con-
nected with our going and will pass
on. We were gladly welcomed by
Mr.. W. H. and s. B. Castor our
cousins, at the depot with whom we
drove Immediately home.
Of the Castor family there is a
| mother, four boys and four girls.
They have in all 5000 acres of land,
we'll improved and mostly lying near
Noblesville, the greatest gas town in
Indiana. w. H. Castor having q
well in. his yard using it for both light
and fuel, which is only recent thing
there. In company with FIVE of our
cousins we made visit to st. Louis
| to the encampment. To give de-
tailed account of our trip there, of all
we saw would occupy too much space
and I will only content myself with
condensed review of the more
prominent things. The exposition
was grand, and | only wish | could
give YOU some idea of the beautiful
and varied displays there. OF statu-
ary there was specially. For in-
stance the wife OF Lot who stood
there as the result of her disobedlence
"a pillar of salt" There were also
innumerable objects of wax-work,
and all kinds of industrial displays
embracing all the callings.
We also had the pleasure Of listen
ing to the noted Gilmore's band, con-
sisting of seventy.fve pieces. No
one ever heard better music.
The parade was the main thing to
interest the st Louis visitor at this
time. First was the soldiers parade;
this was almost beyond description.
1t ives four hours in passing and the
sound of each band lost itself in the
distance only to be followed by anoth-
er and seemingly better one. Next
was the industrial parade. Under
the glitter and brilliancy of those
beautiful lamps with which the street
was illuminated during it's entire
length, this was by far the incest dis
play we ever saw. 1t exhibited all
the trades and pursuits one could pos
sibly think Of. The fire department,
considering the taste and elegance
with which it was attended, was the
incest part of the parade.
We then went to the Missis sippi
"The Father of Waters" took the
boat and went under the great sus-
pension bridge across this river to
the Jefferson barracks.
We next visited the State Fair
ground, where we saw all animals
from q gopher to an elephant. l
think of bears we saw at least seven
ty-five Of the different species. We
went from here to "Shaw's Garden.
The incest display that could posi-.
bly, be made from flowers, we found
here. Here could be found flower
with suficien amount of its native
soil for its growth, brought from each
country in the world. Mr.. Shaw
came out and gave our crowd an ap-
propriate little address.
We will not speak lengthily Of
many things we visited such as the
water works, Custom House and
the Four Courts. In the latter place
we saw and had talk with Maxwell,
the con demned murderer of Preller.
His proper name is Hugh M. Brooks.
He presented each of Us with his
card. We visited Concordia College,
the Church of the Messiah, the First
Presbyterian Church, st. Alplonsus
Church and High School, Art Muse
um and several other halls. We also
went to"tbe show around the world"
which was an impressive sight. The
battle of Chattanooga was next visit
ed. This is fine picture. Every
thing looks like real life. We return
ed to Indianapolis, Saturday morning
Oct. lst, the same day that Grover
Cleveland and wife reached there.
They were hardly expecting to see
Us but we shook hands with them.
The State House there has no su-
perior, and few equals in the West.
Crown Hill Cemetery is most beau
tiiul place. There are 450 acres in it
and it is becoming well occupied.
There are some elegant and expen-
sive monuments. Here lies buried
Gov. Morton, Gov. Williams and
Vice President Hendricks.
We returned to Noblesville and
spent four weeks visiting through
central Indiana. Among the points
we visited were Perkinsville, Pen
dlcton, Strawtown, Cicero, Clarks-
vile and Anderson. We travelled
over some splendid roads for which
Indiana in celebrated, they are level,
always dry and nice for driving. We
must further soy that the people
there know just how to make ones
visit success and they always do
80.
On Thursday, Oct, 27, we had in
tDnated that we desired to start
rome. On the Wednesday evening
preceding, we were agreeably sur
prised by the string band from No
bIesville which came out and gave
some splendid music. We were NOT
alone. 1t bad proved to be general
understanding and o crowd partook
of the time. As stated we started
home the day following and reached
Butler Oct. 80, in good style. having
enjoyed ourselves immensely.
MRS. JENNIE A. MILLER.
MISS ELLA BRIcKER.